Happy Birthday | Little Cat Agenda | Mama Elephant

To begin my card today, I started off by stamping my cat images. Once they were all stamped out I coloured them in with Copic markers and cut them all out with my cutting machine. I also cut the Die-namics Blueprints 27 frame from some white cardstock. The word "birthday" was stamped and die cut and the sentiment was white heat embossed on black cardstock and set aside.

I moved onto create the background, with distress oxide ink mermaid lagoon and the square inserts from the frame. I ink blended from the centre outward and left the edges white. I adhered the frame onto the card base and started assembling the card. All the elements were pop dotted onto the card and the phrase was liquid glued onto the frame.

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I'm so happy you have a New Best Friend | My Favorite Things

Happy Friday, it is officially summer the weather is hot, the bugs are biting and today is the last day of school! Today's card is a pet rescue or adopting into the family card.

I started off by stamping the image and colouring it with Copic markers. Next I die cut a panel using the Sunny Studio Fancy Frames Circles Die and setting that aside. I then took a white side folding card base and the MFT Mini Clouds Stencil and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink and stenciled clouds for a background.

The sentiment is stamped with crisp black ink, and the stamped image is then pop dotted and sequins are added for some bling. White gel pen, glitter gloss pen, and glossy accents are added for little bits of detail. And that completes are card for today!

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Have a Claw-Some Day| Sleeping Cat in Claw Machine | Lawn Fawn

I had so much fun making this card, I actually got the idea from all the cat video's that I sit and watch on YouTube. During one of them, kids were playing on the claw machine and here a kitten was sleeping inside of it. If it wouldn't have lifted it's head from being disturbed you would not have known it was sleep amongst the stuffed animals.

I stamped all the images out and colouring them in with Copic markers. I masked off the cat so he would be sitting inside the claw machine with the teddy bears, I then die cut them with there coordinating dies.

To create the background panel, I took a piece of Audrey blue and smoke card stock and using the claw machine die to create an inset for the wall and floor die cut it in the middle of the panel.

The background panel is then mounted on a side folding card base and the coloured images are then adhered onto a die cut piece of fun foam. That is then glued on the card as well and some of the teddy bears are then pop dotted for dimension. That finishes of today's card!

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY (Meow!, Meow!, Meow!) | Lawn Fawn

Today I am showcasing my final cat card for Father's Day and today is Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the Cat Dad's out there!!!

I stamped all my images with Copic friendly ink, then colored and die cut them with the matching dies. I next worked on the background, I stenciled the panel on Bristol smooth paper with brick red distress oxide ink and softened it with antique linen DOI and die cut it out with the MFT wonky stitched dies.

Next the sentiment is white heat embossed on black card stock and adhered to the panel. I pop dotted some of the stamped images but not all of them to give them some dimension and mounted the panel onto a side folding white card base.

I hope you all have a great day and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Cat Father's Day Action Wobbler | Lawn Fawn

Meet Luna, this card was created just for her Daddy!! A fun interactive action wobbler card.

This is Luna

I first stamped out the images and coloured them with Copic markers and glued a scrap piece of acetate for the mouse and set it aside while I worked on the background. I then ink blended the background with distress oxide inks and spritzed it with water and die cut the border. Next I took a piece of sky colored card stock and debossed the wind swirls into it and adhered the clouds and started assembling the panel.

I white heat embossed the sentiment onto black card stock and mounted it onto black and white stamped paper. Our kitty Luna is then attached with a action wobbler onto the centre of the card and the panel is mounted onto a side folding white card base.

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Hoping your Father's Day is Purrfect | Sunny Studio Stamps

I love the cheerfulness of this card, rainbows and bright coloring are one of my favorite to create. I was so excited when Sunny Stamp Studio came out with there assorted papers I had to grab some.

I begin by stamping and coloring my images with Copic markers and cut them out with my cutting machine. I then ink blended a piece of Bristol smooth paper, using the second largest die from the MFT Die-namics Stitched Dome Stax die. I also die cut a second dome from a what will be my front panel on another piece of card stock. I then attached a the plastic shaker, filled with sequins, beads and confetti mix and set it aside to dry while I continued to assemble the rest of the card.

I stamped a sentiment with crisp black ink and fish tank blue. Layered a strip of rainbow dot dsp for the background for the kittens and adhered the balloons. To finish of the card I mounted it onto a #110 side folding card base.

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Spotlight Cat Father's Day Card | Digi Stamp Boutique

We are just a few days away from Father's Day, and I return with a beautiful spotlight ink blended background. I used minimal supplies and it gave a wonderful end result to this card.

My cat is a digital stamp from Digi Stamp Boutique, Cute kitty set 2. I heat embossed the spot light with white embossing powder and ink blended it with distress oxide inks and then die cut out the circle die. I then took some embossing paste and coloured it with the same color Peacock distress oxide ink and using the Simon Says Stamp falling stars stencil and a pallet knife ran the paste over top of the stencil and set the panel aside to dry.

The sentiment was heat embossed on some black card stock. The spotlight was raised up with dimensional dots and the panel was mounted onto a white #110 side folding card base.

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You're The Best CAT Dad Ever! | Digi Stamp Boutique

Here I am with my second card for this week for Father's Day, for the Best Cat DAD Ever!

This trio of kitties is so adorable, in my eyes I see them resting, relaxing & repeat!

I used a great digital stamp set from Digi Stamp Boutique, Cute kitty set 2 and colored them in with Copic markers. I first die cut my background panel using the MFT Die-namics Stitched Triple Peek-A-Boo Window & Edge die and adhered it onto a piece of Woodgrain DSP.

The sentiment was heat embossed on some black card stock. The kitties were then raised up with pop dots and the panel was mounted onto a white #110 side folding card base.

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To a Dad who can fix Anything | Digi Stamp Boutique

To begin my card today I started of with a digital stamp image from Digi Stamp Boutique, DIY Cat and coloured him in with Copic Markers. I then used my cutting machine to cut him out.

For my background, I stamped the tool images from the Hero Arts Happy Dads Day Set around the panel. At the same time I also added the sentiment with crisp black and added clear embossing powder for a raised effect. I die cut the panel with a dashed edging and attached the DIY Cat with a action wobbler.

To Finish off my card  today I attached it onto a white #110 side folding card base. This is the first of just a few more Father's Day cards to be showcased this week.

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Coffee is Always a good idea | Newton's Nook Design

I wanted to play along with this weeks sketch challenge at Newton's Nook Design's as I always love sketch challenges. So I sat down this afternoon with only seven hours left to spare to get this card created, so for me this card ended up being clean and simple. So not my style but I do like the end result, though I feel it needs more as to me it seems too plain. 

I hope you all had a good week and an even better weekend to come, thanks for stopping by and good luck to everyone who has submitted into the Inky paws Challenge.

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You and Coffee | Simon Says Stamp | My Favorite Things

This was a fun card to make with a lots of masking involved, I got my inspiration from Therese Calvird and her card on the Highlighted Stamping technique!



Therese Calvird

I didn't know she had a video and I based my card from inspiration of the repetition of her cats and thought coffee cups would look neat. I started with the foreground and worked myself up. I messed up once and had to start over on this card but that is how you learn. Every cup is stamp three times to get just the right amount of ink coverage. Our cute little cat is from My Favorite Things - I Knead You set, I left a fair amount of room for him to roll around amongst the cups. It took a bit to fit him in there just perfectly.

I coloured the cat with Copic markers and stamped a sentiment in Versamark ink and heat set it with White embossing powder on black card stock. The panel is then mounted onto 1/8" foam and adhered onto a #100 side fold Fog card base.


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It's Your Day | Lawn Fawn

This was more of a detailed card with it being interactive as the little boy moves from left to right, with getting the die placement just perfect on the Lawn Fawn Road Borders Die. In this card I used lots of coloured card stock to create the background to build my scene.

The little boy on his bicycle and his kitty were all coloured with Copic Markers. Spectrum Glitter Sparkle was added to the flower bouquet and Glossy Accents was added to the bicycle. The sentiment is stamp in Versamark Onxy Black Ink and Lawn Fawn Fish Tank. The panel is then adhered to a #110 White top folding card base.

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Mother's Day Bike Ride | Lawn Fawn

I got to play with a few really great Lawn Fawn dies for this Mother's Day Card. I love how they coordinate together, and everything just flows nicely when you have all the tools to work with. I used a lot of card stock for this card as I had recently saved since December and had many items on a wish list building up it was time for a haul.

I stamped out my images first on Neenah 80Lbs card stock using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and colored them with Copics. I then started to create my background, I die cut the sky from Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue and the grass from Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf card stock, then I cut the fence from White card stock. I inlayed the path into the grass and die cut it out with Slate card stock and the inside markings with Sunshine card stock.

The sentiment is stamped with Versamark Onyx Black ink, the panel is then attached to a White #110Lbs card base and Spectrum Noir Sparkle is added to the balloons, flowers and the little girls dress. Glossy Accents are added to the balloons for an added detail. The stamped images were raised with foam top for dimension.

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Mother's Day Kitty Wreath Card | IsabelCristina Stamps | WPlus9

Here is my attempt at the Gink K. Wreath Builder, I got my idea for the background panel from one of Jennifer McGuire's videos called Wreath Builder Stamping and thought I would give it a try. I don't have many tiny flower stamp sets but I made this one work for me and since I was just having fun playing making a wreath I now know what I would do differently next time.

The kitty image is by IsabelCristina Stamps her illustrations are so adorable. I printed the kitty image on Neenah paper and colored it in with Copics and popped it up with foam tape. I adhered the background panel to Simon Says Stamp Lavender Card Stock and cut a strip for the sentiment.

I added a bit of gold sparkle paper detail, on the strip of lavender. And stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Assembled the rest of the card together adding foam tape where it needed to be raised.

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Wishing you a beautiful Mother's Day | Lawn Fawn

A beautiful ink blended card using the Lawn Fawn Hillside Backdrop Portrait Stitched Die on Bristol paper. I created the shadowed layers using Distress Oxide Inks by masking them off with some post-it tape in between the layers. I distressed the panel with some sprinkles of water and set the panel a side to dry while I went and stamped the images.

The images are stamped with Copic friendly ink, Simon Says Intense Black Ink and cut out. I then cut out a few extra die cut images to fill in the scene, a sunshine and a couple of clouds. I then used foam tape on the edge of the frame and started assembling the panel onto a #110lbs white card base. This gives the card just a bit of added detail and dimension when your looking at it.

I stamped the sentiment with crisp black ink and inlayed the center portion of the frame,  sky and sun. I started adhering the stamped images with glue and stamped a few hearts just above the kittens head. Spectrum Noir glitter sparkle was added to the little girls dress and the bunches of flowers. That finishes are card for today...

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Kitty Mother's Day Card | Papertrey Ink | IsabelCristina Stamps

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I love the simple elegance of this Mother's Day card, from the red roses to the shimmering gold.

The moment I saw this Digital Stamp Set of kitties, from IsabelCristina her illustrated drawings are just my type of cutesy that I always love to color and create with. Her digital stamp set Meow I of course I had to have and use in my designs, I had ideas right away for Mother's Day.

I started of with die cutting my background panel from white card stock with the MFT Wonky Stitched Border die, then stamped the roses using the Sweet Life set in the colors PTI Sorbet and Scarlet Jewel and die cut them with coordinating dies. I then stamped the leaves directly onto the white panel with PTI Spring Moss and New Leaf.

I cut a fishtail strip from a piece of black and white stripped paper and also a piece of gold glitter paper and glued those directly onto the panel. I stamped the sentiment from SSS Mothers Day Zingers Set using Versamark Onxy Black Ink.

The stamped images were then popped up with foam tape and clear sequin mix were added for some detail. The panel was then attached to a side folding card base off SSS Fog Card Stock and that completes our card for today.

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You're a Furever Friend | My Favorite Things

I love this buffy colored kitty, this would be a great friendship card or a pet adoption. It is bright and cheerful yet clean and simple.

I first off colored the buff kitten with Copics then started creating my background. I die cut the panel using the MFT stitched dome stax into a piece of Bristol smooth and also die cut the outside border. I then ink blended the dome insert masking off the top and bottom, using distress inks. I spritzed the background with a bit of water and shimmer spray and set it aside to dry.

While the background was drying, I cut a narrow piece of rainbow striped designer paper for the edging to give it a pop of color to complete the card. I adhered it onto a #110lbs white card base and foam taped the kitten, mouse and sentiment for some dimension.

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CARD RECIPE

STAMPS: My Favorite Things Smitten Kitten.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth. Neenah Solar White 110, 80. SU Basic Black. DSP My Minds Eye Fly A Kite.

INK: SSS Intense Black. Distress, Broken China, Peacock, Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive. Versamark.

TOOLS: Big Shot.

SUPPLIES: Copics, Foam Tape, Pop Dots, Glossy Accents, Shimmer Mist, Die-namics Stitched Dome Stax, Blueprints 13.





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Happy Purrthday | My Favorite Things

What a cheerful birthday card, with a rainbow background. I love creating designs like this with distress oxide inks and stencils, no two images are ever a-like

I colored my silver kitten with Copic markers and gave him his favorite dish of seafood entree' for dinner. I propped him up with foam tape on a black stamped sentiment with white embossing powder and added a second piece of patterned pattern to stand out.

Some glossy accents were put onto the kitties bowl and the heart for some shine and once dried the panel is adhered onto a #110lbs white card base.

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CARD RECIPE

STAMPS: My Favorite Things Smitten Kitten.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth. Neenah Solar White 110, 80. SU Basic Black. DSP Dots.

INK: SSS Intense Black. Distress Oxides, Broken China, Worn Lipstick, Pick Raspberry, Fossilized Amber, Lucky Clover, Peacock  Versamark.

TOOLS: Big Shot.

SUPPLIES: Copics,  Foam Tape, Pop Dots, Glossy Accents, Gel Pen. White Embossing Powder.


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I Need Some Coffe right Meow! | Newton's Nook Designs

Happy Cat-urday, I hope everyone has had a good week, I think todays card is appropriate for the weekend. Today's card is an adorable Ragdoll kitty coffee card, the rainbow stacking coffee cups are so neat. They took a bit to get the masking correct, but I only messed up once and had to re-do from the beginning. My choice of medium was Zig clean real brush markers and a aqua brush to blend them out for a water colored effect. After it was dry I masked it off again and spattered it with gold pearl paint and stamped a crisp black sentiment then die cut the entire panel. It then gets attached to a 110lbs white card base.

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CARD RECIPE
STAMPS: Newton's Nook Designs Newton Loves Coffee.
PAPER: Bristol Smooth. Neenah Solar White 110.

INK: SSS Intense Black. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. 

TOOLS: Big Shot.

SUPPLIES: Foam Tape, White Gel Pen, Fine Tec Pearl Gold, MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle Stax.

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Who Rescued Whom? | Sunny Studio Stamps

A love this card, it is very much for a kitty adoption. An older kitty welcoming another cat into the household. For many of us paper crafters I think many of use took a challenge this year to try and used a lot of the patterned paper in our stash (and I have a bunch of it).

I liked how the different shades of green gave the grasses different depth and I cut the solid card stock with a grassy edge border. For the sky I stenciled the cloud background then also die cut the bottom edge border.

The kitties were colored with Copics and giving white high lights, the kitten in the onesie was pop-dotted and also the balloon she is holding for some dimension and Noir glitter sparkle was added before sparkle glossy accents for some added shine. The panel is then adhered onto a #100lbs card base.

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CARD RECIPE
STAMPS: Sunny Studio Stamps Purrfect Birthday. Paper Smooches Charmed Cat Two.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth. Neenah Solar White 110. EP Dots & Stripes.

INK: SSS Intense Black. Distress Oxide Broken China. LF Lobster.

TOOLS: Big Shot.

SUPPLIES: Foam Tape, Blueprints 13, Glossy Accents, Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter, White Gel Pen.



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